Brushless wiper motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10040426-B2
Application number	US-201615565531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2016
Priority date	Apr 16, 2015
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

Since a shape of a stator 44 is made mirror symmetric with respect to a rotor 45 as a 4-pole/6-slot type, rotational deflection of the rotor 45 can be suppressed. As the minimum number of poles and the minimum number of slots, which can suppress the rotational deflection of the rotor 45, a frequency of magnetic noises approaches a frequency of mechanical noises. Thus, it is possible to integrate the whole noises generated by the DR-side wiper motor 21 into a low frequency range thereof, and to make the acoustic sensitivity (dB) of a vehicle interior smaller. Since the stator 44 is fixed inside a housing 40 and mounting legs fixed to a vehicle body fixed portion are provided in the housing 40, the stator 40, which is a source of the magnetic noises, can be fixed to a vehicle via only the housing 40. Therefore, a brushless wiper motor with quietness improved further can be designed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A brushless wiper motor configured to cause a wiper member to swing, the wiper member wiping an object attached onto a windshield of a vehicle away from the windshield, the brushless wiper motor comprising:
a stator fixed inside a housing;
a coil wound around the stator;
six slots provided in the stator, the coil being disposed in each of the slots;
a rotor configured to rotate with respect to the stator;
a permanent magnet provided on the rotor, the permanent magnet having four magnetic poles arranged alternately along a direction of rotation of the rotor;
a decelerating mechanism housed in the housing, the decelerating mechanism being configured to reduce speed of rotation of the rotor;
an output shaft configured to transmit rotation of the decelerating mechanism to the wiper member; and
a plurality of fixing legs provided on the housing,
wherein at least one of the plurality of fixing legs is fixed to a vehicle body fixed portion that extends in a right-to-left direction of the vehicle.

2. The brushless wiper motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein frequencies of noises generated by the brushless wiper motor is made equal to or lower than 500 Hz.

3. The brushless wiper motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the decelerating mechanism includes:
a worm rotated by the rotor; and
a worm wheel provided with teeth, the teeth being configured to engage with the worm, the output shaft being provided on a center of rotation of the worm wheel,
wherein an axial dimension of the rotor is smaller than an axial dimension of the worm.

4. The brushless wiper motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one of the plurality of fixing legs is fixed to the vehicle body fixed portion via a buffering member.

5. The brushless wiper motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the stator is provided with teeth each of which faces other one with respect to the rotor.

Assignees

• Mitsuba Corp

Inventors

• Kimura Masaaki
• Annaka Tomohiko
• Kimura Toshiyuki

Classifications

• H02K11/33

  Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60S1/0438

  Attachement of separate wiper motor assembly to the vehicle · CPC title

• B60S1/166

  characterised by the combination of a motor-reduction unit and a mechanism for converting rotary into oscillatory movement · CPC title

• H02K29/08

  using magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-plates, magneto-resistors (H02K29/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K7/081

  specially adapted for worm gear drives (H02K7/09 takes precedence) · CPC title